佛祖統紀 41.31

41.31

In the thirteenth year, Śramaṇa Duanfu was ordered by edict to enter the inner palace to debate with Confucians and Daoists. He was granted a purple square robe and ordered to attend the Crown Prince in the Eastern Palace. Emperor Shunzong revered him like an elder brother. Dou Wenchang, Commissioner of Good Works of the Left Street, memorialized: 'At the beginning of Tianbao, my late master Chujin erected a stupa and established a Lotus bodhimaṇḍa for the state, keeping the chanting of sūtras by the assembly continuous for over sixty years. I beg for an imperial commendation.' An edict bestowed on him the posthumous title Master Dayuan.